Vrsaljko families are Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac. According to some sources they are from Podgore near Makarske. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zadar. In Nadin in Benkovac every fifth inhabitant had the family name Vrsaljko.
Prevalence
About 330 people with faimily name Vrsaljko live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Nadin (145), Zadar (130), Zagreb (45), Rijeka (15), and in Benkovac (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Vrsaljko is present in 8 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.